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you and have confidence in you.”
[1] Al‐Khudari, p. 239. In the book Maqatil al‐Talibiyyin, it has been mentioned: "'Abdus b. 'Abd al‐
Samad was the commander of the army."
[2] Maqatil al‐Talibiyyin, p. 539.
Then he turned to Abu al‐Saraya and asked him: “What do you see? Are you content with him?”
“If you are content, then I am content; and I say what you say,” replied Abu al‐Saraya.
Muhammed b. Muhammed stretched out his hand, and the people pledged allegiance to him. In
the mean time he firmly organized the affairs of his government. For example, he appointed some
governors over the Islamic cities conquered by Abu al‐Saraya. That was as follows:
1. He appointed Isma‘il b. ‘Ali as governor over Kufa.
2. He appointed Ibrahim b. Imam Musa b. Ja‘far as governor over the Yemen.
3. He appointed Zayd b. Musa as governor over al‐Ahwaz.
4. He appointed al‐Abbas b. Muhammed as governor over Basrah.
5. He appointed al‐Hasan b. al‐Hasan al‐Aftas as governor over Mecca.
6. He appointed Ja‘far b. Muhammed b. Zayd as governor over Wasit.[1]
He also appointed Rouh b. al‐Hajjajj as commander over the police, and he entrusted the judiciary
to ‘Asim b. ‘Aamir.
Currency was minted in Kufa and it was written in it this Holy Verse: Surely Allah loves those who
fight in His way in ranks as if they were a firm and compact wall.
The affairs went well with Abu al‐Saraya, and the revolt spread in the regions of the Islamic world.
The ‘Abbasids came to know of the danger that threatened them with the removal of their
government overnight. The governor of Iraq, al‐Hasan b. Sahl was afflicted with a quick failure, so
he wrote to Tahir b. al‐Husayn to send him to war against Abu al‐Saraya. Also someone wrote him
a letter in which he mentioned the following poetry lines:
Certainty uncovers the mask of doubt; and the sedate opinion is your best scheming. Act carefully
before he will execute against you an affair whose evil will move a hidden illness. Do you entrust
Tahir with fighting the people while he has believed in Supporting them and showing obedience to
them? He will cause to you difficulties that lead to a violent war. He will display the things hidden
in his heart; when the hidden things
[1] Ibid., pp. 532‐533.
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